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(-en, -er): Stjernebillede. Gruppe af nærtstående stjerner, der på grund af deres indbyrdes stilling udlægges som bestemte figurer, fx en fisk, hvorfra stjernegruppen får sit navn.
a grouping of star, usually with pictorial or mythical associations, that serves to identify an area of the celestial sphere. Also on of the precisely defined areas of the celestial sphere, associated with a grouping of stars, that the International Astronomical Union has designed as a constellation.
[NAV6 p.170, NAV7 p.149, ASAL] Kilder |